Tao is 19.

His father is deceased, and he lives with his mother in Beauty Bay.

His father was from Red Light Rowe, and thus when Tao was 3, they moved from Beauty Bay to Red Light Rowe. When Tao's father died, his mother and him moved back to Red Light Rowe, only a week ago. 

Tao's powers are illusions and hypnotism (both eye contact and voice)